(1) Protect this State from loss to state-owned property;

(2) Protect the public from wrongful actions of state officials and employees and failure or malfunction of state-owned property;

(3) Secure for this State the maximum economic advantage feasible in the operation of its insurance coverage program, including, when deemed appropriate to such end, the utilization of blanket policies, deductible or excess loss insurance, and self-insurance;

(4) Determine such insurance protection as shall be required by the needs of the State and as shall be most economically advantageous to the State by providing for, as they shall deem appropriate, no insurance on small losses, coverage by commercial insurance, coverage by self-insurance or a combination of such methods.